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EP About this file: EP0408122

EP0408122 - Circuit for a matrix printer [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.10.1997
Database last updated on 11.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip23.01.1998Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 11.03.1998 [1998/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PSI PRINTER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Eiserfelder Strasse 316
57080 Siegen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/36]For all designated states
PSI PRINTER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Eiserfelder Strasse 316
D-57080 Siegen / DE
Former [1991/03]For:DE 
Philips Patentverwaltung GmbH
Röntgenstrasse 24
D-22335 Hamburg / DE
For:FR  GB  IT  SE 
Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
NL-5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / Kringe, Horst
Glockenstrasse 34
D-5902 Netphen 2 - Irmgart-Eichen / DE
02 / Winter, Reinhold
Hermann-Löns-Strasse 27
D-5901 Wilnsdorf 1 / DE
03 / Crevecoeur, Martin
Dallnstrasse 31
D-5910 Kreuztal-Ferndorf / DE
04 / Korn, Hartmut
Gailenreuther Strasse 17
D-8000 München 60 / DE
[1991/03]
Representative(s)Meier, Friedrich
Zur Napoleonsnase 14
35435 Wettenberg / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/45]Meier, Friedrich, Dipl.-Ing.
Zur Napoleonsnase 14
D-35435 Wettenberg / DE
Former [1994/36]Erdmann, Anton, Dipl.-Ing.
Philips Patentverwaltung GmbH, Röntgenstrasse 24
D-22335 Hamburg / DE
Former [1991/03]Poddig, Dieter, Dipl.-Ing.
Philips Patentverwaltung GmbH, Röntgenstrasse 24
D-22335 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date90201800.105.07.1990
[1991/03]
Priority number, dateDE1989392261610.07.1989         Original published format: DE 3922616
DE1990400753709.03.1990         Original published format: DE 4007537
[1991/03]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0408122
Date:16.01.1991
Language:DE
[1991/03]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0408122
Date:29.01.1992
Language:DE
[1992/05]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0408122
Date:18.12.1996
Language:DE
[1996/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.12.1991
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/51, B41J2/23
[1992/09]
CPC:
B41J2/30 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1991/03]B41J2/23
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1991/03]
TitleGerman:Schaltungsanordnung für einen Matrixdrucker[1991/03]
English:Circuit for a matrix printer[1991/03]
French:Circuit pour une imprimante matricielle[1991/03]
Examination procedure24.07.1992Examination requested  [1992/39]
06.04.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.09.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.09.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
06.03.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.04.1996Fee for grant paid
13.04.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.09.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.07.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
27.07.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
25.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
14.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
12.09.1996Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.07.199607   M06   Fee paid on   12.09.1996
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE18.03.1997
[1998/11]
Documents cited:Search[AP]US4877343  (HORI MASAAKI [JP]);
 [A]DE2751326  ;
 [A]DE3727049  (OKI ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]);
 [A]DE2552667
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